Letters to George E. Hyde describe George Bent's life with the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Comanches, Kiowas, Sioux and other tribes of the Arkansas and Platte valleys. They include accounts of the Indian wars, with personal narratives of the Chivington mas...
Description:
George Bent (1843-1918), son of Colonel William Bent, fur trader and founder of Bent's Fort, and Owl Woman, a Cheyenne, daughter of White Thunder, went to school in St. Louis. By 1904 he was living in Colony, Oklahoma.
Subject (Geographic):
Bent's Fort (Colo.), Colorado, Julesburg Region (Colo.), and Kansas
Subject (Name):
Bent, George, 1843-1918. and Hyde, George E., 1882-1968.
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Comanche Indians, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, Wars, Kiowa Indians, Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864, and History
Printed diary, completed in manuscript and signed, kept by John Hayes, Jr., 1863 January 1-1864 January 1. Hayes describes his service recruiting and scouting for Kansas military units during the Civil War at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Scott, including...
Description:
John Hayes, Jr. (1826- ) of Freeport, Ohio, was a lawyer in Corydon, Iowa, when he joined the Union Army. By 1861 September, he was a private in the 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. By 1863 June, he was assigned to the 2nd Kansas (Colored) Volunteers as ...
Subject (Geographic):
Kansas., Fort Leavenworth (Kan.), Fort Scott (Kan.), Kansas, and United States
Subject (Name):
Hayes, John, Jr., 1826-, United States. Army, United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 11th (1863-1866), United States. Army. Kansas Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865), and United States. Army. Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1864)
Subject (Topic):
African American troops, Officers, African American soldiers, African Americans, Soldiers, and History
